MACD Color Cross Indicator

[benny3]

Hi i'm looking for a Macd color change indicator not as a histogram but just as a switch on color, so when the lines cross the color changes from (green as buy) (Red as sell)

 

I've tried searching everywhere on the net but i can't seem to find it anywhere

[cubicrey]

Re: (Req) MACD Colour cross indicator

 

Hi benny3,

Try this MACDbar

 

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//|                                      MACDBars.mq4 modified from  |
//|                                              mtt-ErgodicMACD.mq4 |
//|                   Copyright © 2004-07, MetaQuotes Software Corp. |
//|                                       [url]http://www.metaquotes.net/[/url] |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
#property  copyright "Copyright © 2004-07, mietectec"
#property  link      ""
//---- indicator settings
#property  indicator_separate_window
#property  indicator_buffers 2
#property  indicator_color1  DarkGreen
#property  indicator_color2  Red
#property indicator_width1 4
#property indicator_width2 4
#property  indicator_minimum 0
#property  indicator_maximum 1

// MACD
extern int FastEma = 12;
extern int SlowEma = 26;
extern int SignalSMMA = 9;
extern string note1 = "0=Close,1=Open,2=High,3=Low";
extern string note2 = "4=Median Price,5=Typical Price";
extern string note3 = "6=Weighted Price";
extern int PriceField = 0;
extern string note4 = "Numbers of bars to calculate";
extern int MaxBars=392; 

//---- indicator buffers
double ExtMapBuffer1[];
double ExtMapBuffer2[];


//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator initialization function                         |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int init()
 {
  
//---- drawing settings

  SetIndexStyle(0,DRAW_HISTOGRAM,STYLE_SOLID,4,indicator_color1);
  SetIndexBuffer(0,ExtMapBuffer1);
  SetIndexLabel(0,"BuyZone");
  
  SetIndexStyle(1,DRAW_HISTOGRAM,STYLE_SOLID,4,indicator_color2);
  SetIndexBuffer(1,ExtMapBuffer2);
  SetIndexLabel(1,"SellZone");
  
//---- name for DataWindow and indicator subwindow label

  string shortName = "MACD ("+FastEma+","+SlowEma+","+SignalSMMA+")";
  IndicatorShortName(shortName);   
//---- initialization done
  return(0);
 }
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Calculations                                    |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int start()
 {
  int limit;
  
  int counted_bars=IndicatorCounted();
//---- check for possible errors
  if(counted_bars<0) return(-1);
//---- last counted bar will be recounted
  if(counted_bars>0) counted_bars--;
  limit=Bars-counted_bars;
  if(limit>MaxBars) limit=MaxBars;

//---- main loop
  
for(int i=0; i<limit; i++)
{
ExtMapBuffer1[i] = 0; ExtMapBuffer2[i] = 0;
/*
double indMacdMain0 = iCustom(NULL, 0,"MACDsmoothed", FastEma, SlowEma, SignalSMMA, 0, i);
double indMacdMain1 = iCustom(NULL, 0, "MACDsmoothed", FastEma, SlowEma, SignalSMMA, 0, i+1);
double indMacdSignal0 = iCustom(NULL, 0, "MACDsmoothed",FastEma, SlowEma, SignalSMMA, 1, i);
double indMacdSignal1 = iCustom(NULL, 0, "MACDsmoothed",FastEma, SlowEma, SignalSMMA, 1, i+1);
*/
double indMacdMain0 = iMACD(NULL,0,FastEma, SlowEma, SignalSMMA,PriceField,0,i);
double indMacdMain1 = iMACD(NULL,0,FastEma, SlowEma, SignalSMMA,PriceField,0,i+1);
double indMacdSignal0 = iMACD(NULL,0,FastEma, SlowEma, SignalSMMA,PriceField,1,i);
double indMacdSignal1 = iMACD(NULL,0,FastEma, SlowEma, SignalSMMA,PriceField,1,i+1);
  
if (indMacdMain0 > indMacdSignal0) ExtMapBuffer1[i]=2;
else if (indMacdMain0 < indMacdSignal0 ) ExtMapBuffer2[i]=2;
}
return(0);
 }
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+

 

http://www.abysse.co.jp/mt4/indicatorimgaes2/MACDBars.gif

[benny3]

Re: (Req) MACD Colour cross indicator

 

That's the one i was after cubicrey

:-bd :-bd :-bd :-bd

[Fortuna1713006009]

Do you have MTF version of this indicator?

Thanks

[atilabr]

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+

//| MACDBars.mq4 modified from |

//| mtt-ErgodicMACD.mq4 |

//| Copyright © 2004-07, MetaQuotes Software Corp. |

//| http://www.metaquotes.net/ |

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+

#property copyright "Copyright © 2004-07, mietectec"

#property link ""

//---- indicator settings

#property indicator_separate_window

#property indicator_buffers 2

#property indicator_color1 DarkGreen

#property indicator_color2 Red

#property indicator_width1 4

#property indicator_width2 4

#property indicator_minimum 0

#property indicator_maximum 1

 

// MACD

extern int Timeframe=0;

extern int FastEma = 12;

extern int SlowEma = 26;

extern int SignalSMMA = 9;

extern string note1 = "0=Close,1=Open,2=High,3=Low";

extern string note2 = "4=Median Price,5=Typical Price";

extern string note3 = "6=Weighted Price";

extern int PriceField = 0;

extern string note4 = "Numbers of bars to calculate";

extern int MaxBars=392;

 

//---- indicator buffers

double ExtMapBuffer1[];

double ExtMapBuffer2[];

 

 

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+

//| Custom indicator initialization function |

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+

int init()

{

 

//---- drawing settings

 

SetIndexStyle(0,DRAW_HISTOGRAM,STYLE_SOLID,4,indicator_color1);

SetIndexBuffer(0,ExtMapBuffer1);

SetIndexLabel(0,"BuyZone");

 

SetIndexStyle(1,DRAW_HISTOGRAM,STYLE_SOLID,4,indicator_color2);

SetIndexBuffer(1,ExtMapBuffer2);

SetIndexLabel(1,"SellZone");

 

//---- name for DataWindow and indicator subwindow label

 

string shortName = "MACD ("+FastEma+","+SlowEma+","+SignalSMMA+")";

IndicatorShortName(shortName);

//---- initialization done

return(0);

}

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+

//| Calculations |

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+

int start()

{

int limit;

 

int counted_bars=IndicatorCounted();

//---- check for possible errors

if(counted_bars<0) return(-1);

//---- last counted bar will be recounted

if(counted_bars>0) counted_bars--;

limit=Bars-counted_bars;

if(limit>MaxBars) limit=MaxBars;

 

//---- main loop

 

for(int i=0; i<limit; i++)

{

ExtMapBuffer1 = 0; ExtMapBuffer2 = 0;

/*

double indMacdMain0 = iCustom(NULL, 0,"MACDsmoothed", FastEma, SlowEma, SignalSMMA, 0, i);

double indMacdMain1 = iCustom(NULL, 0, "MACDsmoothed", FastEma, SlowEma, SignalSMMA, 0, i+1);

double indMacdSignal0 = iCustom(NULL, 0, "MACDsmoothed",FastEma, SlowEma, SignalSMMA, 1, i);

double indMacdSignal1 = iCustom(NULL, 0, "MACDsmoothed",FastEma, SlowEma, SignalSMMA, 1, i+1);

*/

double indMacdMain0 = iMACD(NULL,Timeframe,FastEma, SlowEma, SignalSMMA,PriceField,0,i);

double indMacdMain1 = iMACD(NULL,Timeframe,FastEma, SlowEma, SignalSMMA,PriceField,0,i+1);

double indMacdSignal0 = iMACD(NULL,Timeframe,FastEma, SlowEma, SignalSMMA,PriceField,1,i);

double indMacdSignal1 = iMACD(NULL,Timeframe,FastEma, SlowEma, SignalSMMA,PriceField,1,i+1);

 

if (indMacdMain0 > indMacdSignal0) ExtMapBuffer1=2;

else if (indMacdMain0 < indMacdSignal0 ) ExtMapBuffer2=2;

}

return(0);

}

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+

[Fortuna1713006009]

thank you Atilabr.